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Church Of St Cuthbert St Cuthbert Street Wells Somerset BA5 2AW

2026/1251/TCAWorks/Felling Trees in a CAAwaiting decision

Proposal

G1 - Common Lime - Repollard back to previous pollard points and remove epicormic growth.

Received
1 July 2026
Decision due
12 August 2026
Council
Mendip
Ward
Wells Division
Agent
MTL Group Ltd
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Church Of St Cuthbert St Cuthbert Street Wells Somerset BA5 2AW. Mendip has handled 777 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Wells conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Wells Division. We hold 1,946 applications in total for the BA5 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Mendip were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BA5 2AW
Application type
Works/Felling Trees in a CA
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wells City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MTL Group Ltd
Agent address
MTL Group Ltd Haydon Drove Haydon Wells BA5 3EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15053224
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Wells
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Brue CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Mendip

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